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Could’ve been prevented

Sun., March 10, 2013

It’s too late now because we never believed it could come to this. The sequester could have been prevented if the first item to be cut was all congressional salaries down to minimum wage. Add to that anyone who is profiteering off other people’s miseries can keep no more than good old minimum wage.

I wonder if we can still arrange that.

Ann Echegoyen

Spokane

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